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to us, apparently much pleased at seeing stran¬ 
gers in his church; and, on hearing that we were 
about to set off for Skalholt in our way to Hecla, 
he begged that we would call at his house, which 
lay in the road, and would permit him to accom¬ 
pany us to that place, which we thankfully pro¬ 
mised to do. Between the church of Haukardal 
and the hill Laugarfell, the morass abounded in 
the beautiful little Ranunculus lapponicus in full 
flower, while in the drier parts grew Carex Bel - 
lardi , forming a considerable portion of the 
herbage. At the northern foot of Laugarfell the 
minute Konigia islandica was in great profusion 
and perfection, as was also Eriophorum capita- 
turn of Schrader , a species lately discovered in 
Sweden. On my return to the tents, I found 
both the Geyser and the new Geyser in pretty 
nearly the same state of fulness as when I left 
them, and they continued so till about eight 
o’clock, when there was an extremely fine erup¬ 
tion of the former. The day had been clear but 
cold, with the thermometer at 41 °. 
Monday, During the whole of the preceding 
Jul> 17 ' night, both the Geyser and the new 
had remained perfectly quiet, but at four 
rning we were gratified in seeing another 
eruption of the latter, equally magnificent as t 
that of yesterday, though it did not last in all 
Geyser 
this ni( 
